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- From: mowbray@rod.mitre.org (Tom Mowbray)
- Subject: alpine touring
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.193251.4442@linus.mitre.org>
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- Keywords: alpine touring XC
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:32:51 GMT
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- Does anybody have any opinions about
- "alpine touring" boots/bindings versus telemark boots/bindings?
-
- Alpine touring uses general mountaineering style boots
- i.e. suitable for crampons/ice climbing,
- and either Ramer bindings (loose heel)
- or lock-down bindings similar to alpine bindings.
-
- I've heard that alpine touring is very popular in Europe,
- and I used this equipment once in a ski mountaineering course.
-
- Are they any U.S. suppliers for alpine touring equipment?
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